Liberal front-runner in S. Korean race wins party nomination
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A liberal South Korean opposition leader who advocates improved ties with rival North Korea has become his party's candidate in next month's election of a successor to recently ousted President Park Geun-hye.
Moon Jae-win's nomination Monday as the Democratic Party's candidate boosts his status as front-runner in the May 9 election, which was triggered after Park was removed from office last month over corruption allegations.
The Democratic Party said Moon was selected its nominee in party voting that ended Monday.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Moon, who lost the 2012 presidential election to Park, a conservative, has called her hard-line policy toward North Korea a failure.
He says it's time to use both sanctions and dialogue to persuade North Korea to resume negotiations on ending its nuclear and missile programs.